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By Patrick Maines on September 27, 2012 Posted in First Amendment,Free speechIn an age when, for many, political correctness (not to mention political opportunism) trumps free speech, one should be wary of assertions that specific kinds of speech have precipitated criminal conduct. We saw false claims like this in the case of the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), when such as the New York Times’… Continue Reading

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“Media & Communications Policy” is a blog that strives to offer informed and thoughtful commentary on a variety of First Amendment and communications policy issues. The principal authors, Patrick D. Maines and Richard T. Kaplar, have been avid observers and active participants in the communications policymaking process for more than 25 years.

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